We are back after a flippin age! The Empire has returned and in this episode we talk about the mystery of Britain’s first two Robots Eric and George, Lucy provides a report from the recent Thought bubble Comic festival and we discuss the comic book Darkest King by Tony Scott Astley and Paul Anderson. You can find out more about the Darkest King at wpcomicsltd.com

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If you like Steampunk style comic horror check out our Graphic novel Midnight Butterfly; Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/midnightbutterflygraphicnovel

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The Empire of Geek Theme is adapted from Adrian Loo & Ivan Chew’s Stroke of Midnight StarfishStories.wordpress.com

Its new Empire of Geek! Go get Grandma, hose her down and strap her into the listening chair its time to geek the false teeth out of her wrinkly old scoff hole.

In this episode the boys argue about who should be Rob/Raul’s best man if he ever pops the question. As Well as that and more BS the team play Ultimo Geek the greatest nerd quiz.

They also look at the Terms and conditions comic based on ITunes terms and conditions, The awesome free to download comic For Valour. Get it at https://monaghan.ie/museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/For_Valour.pdf

Also talked about in this show are Atomic Blonde, Power Rangers and another remake of the Fly and much, much more.

When youve finished listening to this polished dollop of Geekery why not check out our very own graphic novel called Midnight Butterfly. If you like horror, steampunk or just general weirdness then you will probably get a kick out of it. Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/midnightbutterflygraphicnovel/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel You can view older episodes of Empire of geek at; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5G6OzbsLdjcHdKkLHAYnjw/feed then tweet us at @EmpireGeek

It’s the return of the empire. After several technical buggers ups we have returned to entertain you unworthy nerf herders with more geeky chat and suggestions on what you should be looking at.

In this episode we have another round of the Quiz show that has set the Geek world alight! It’s Ultimo Geek and it’s got its own theme music wahoooo.

We talk about the BBC’s brilliant interactive web comic Tell me your Secrets http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3b77hv

We look at the Draw the line comics project which features more than 100 comic artists coming together to present positive political actions that anyone can take. EOG host Steve has done some squiggling for this project and so presents his completely selfish look at the project!

If you want to find out more about this visit; https://www.facebook.com/drawthelinecomics

The team also discuss Marc Ellison’s art beyond borders project which will result in a mixed media graphic novel using artwork, film and Ellison’s amazing photography. You can get involved and see how Marc is doing (and even suggest what he does next) by following the hash tag #ArtBeyondBorders on twitter or following @Marceellison himself

As well as all that great stuff mention just how amazing Pipedream comics Pulllist is! Go check it out here; https://gumroad.com/pipedreamcomics

It’s Episode 50 of the Empire of Geek Podcast and for this episode we interview the fascinating David Leach. David Leach is a comic artist, writer and editor who currently works for Titan Publishing. In this episode we discuss so many interesting topics and David is kind enough to talk about his approach to creating his own work and also some cracking stories from his career so far. Here is a sample of a few of the things David talks about in the show; Getting his first job working with legendary animator Bob Godfrey, His non pervy (so he claims) love of Elderly ladies and how it lead to his long running Psycho Gran character. Working for Marvel and Marvel UK Drawing a comic that lead to a police raid, Working on Oink!,Toxic, UT and many other classic British comics How to win on Come dine with me! plus much,much, more! you can follow David on twitter at @DavidLeach2000 and get his latest comic at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psycho-Gran-1-David-Leach-ebook/dp/B00YWNE9KS

Welcome to Empire of Geek, on the show this week, we talk about New Star Trek, Nostrodamus, Wonderwoman working for the UN and also Great tv shows like Black Mirror, Glitch and West world.

We bring you a special round of Ultimo Geek that focuses on a very strange celebrity and we also talk about upcoming films Ghost in the Shell and Valerian and the city of a thousand planets.

Comic’s wise we discuss a powerful french comic that charts the real life experiences of a surviver of the Terrorist attack on the Bataclan in Paris.

Our comic of the week is Psycho Gran by David Leach (its available on comixology and amazon)

On this show we talk about the sad passing of comic book legend Steve Dillon (Preacher and many more amazing comics) and also the man behind Napoleon Solo, Robert Vaughn.

We also take a look at a Comic Symposium that will be held at the University of Brighton College of Arts and Humanities on the 9th and 10th December 2016 it will feature a ton of top comic names and focus on the theme of Conflict and Resolution.

One important thing we have been meaning to do for some time is give credit to the song feature in our theme tune. The sample used is from Stroke of Midnight by Adrian Loo and Ivan Chew and features on their album Crystal tears and the Dream nebula https://starfishstories.bandcamp.com/track/stroke-of-midnight-v23

When youve finished listening to this polished dollop of Geekery why not check out our very own graphic novel called Midnight Butterfly. If you like horror, steampunk or just general weirdness then you will probably get a kick out of it. Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/midnightbutterflygraphicnovel/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel You can view older episodes of Empire of geek at; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5G6OzbsLdjcHdKkLHAYnjw/feed

then tweet us at @EmpireGeek

Killer Clown mania is sweeping the UK, luckily for you lot the Empire of Geek and Batman are on the case. In this new chat packed show we play a Clown themed version of the Ultimo Geek quiz. We also talk about a bunch of nerd tosh like Doctor Who and Mr Men mash ups, The history of the creepy clown, Charlie Adlards new role as comics laureate, Dull Margaret a soon to be released comic by actor Jim Broadbent, The Upcoming Thought Bubble comic convention (http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/) and a very interesting new website that will make arranging a con or appearing at a con alot easier (http://convention-connections.co.uk) and much more!

you can tweet us at @Empiregeek

and find old shows on youtube on the channel Empire of Geek

The Empire popped along to the Linc Con (https://thelinccon.co.uk/) to chat to lovely people and sell our comic Midnight Butterfly. We give you our feedback on it and then listen to The Geek equivalent of The Grinch (Raul/Rob) once more complain about bugger all.

On this thrill packed episode we promote some of the cool cats that we met at Linc Con such as The Rat Basket which is a very nice lady who makes cool textile collectibles and toys, check her out at https://www.facebook.com/TheRatBasket/

We also met the very talented Hawk and Cleaver who are a group of writers who produce a plethora of brilliantly creative stories for books and podcasts http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/

They are currently in the process of releasing a comic with the drawing talents of friend of the show Dan Butcher www.vanguardcomic.com find out more in the show.

We right a wrong by chatting about the www.Downthetubes.net writer and co host of the Awesome comics podcast Tony Esmond. We look at a kickstarter campaign to raise money for an anthology comic set to appear at Nottingham Comic con https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1478064521/nottingham-comic-con-anthology-forest-tales

And Nottinghma comic con just happens to be our future convention to look out for www.Nottinghamcomiccon.co.uk it’s on the 29th of October 2016.

Our comic of the week is the webcomic http://www.pennyblackfeather.co.uk by Francesca Dare.

As if all that wasn’t enough we also have the ultimate Amiga edition of Ultimo Geek where King Of the Amiga’s Rob/Raul puts his crown, and dignity to the test. Surely nobody can beat Raul this week?

We have released our very own graphic novel called Midnight Butterfly. If you like horror, steampunk or just general weirdness then you will probably get a kick out of it. Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/midnightbutterflygraphicnovel/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel You can view older episodes of Empire of geek at; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5G6OzbsLdjcHdKkLHAYnjw/feed then tweet us at @EmpireGeek